§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨
§¨¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§§§§¨§¨
§§§§§§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨      ####¨== fermi's paradox ==¨####     ¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§ on  earth  (the planet where  i  live) a ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ lot  of us have antennas  on  our houses ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨§§§ or  balconies,   we   have  built  large ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨ antennas for larger  bandwith,  we  have ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§§§§¨§¨¨¨      build specialized antennaes for     §§¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨    specific wavelengths (and sent them   ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ into orbit), we've  built large as  fuck §§§§§§§§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨              antenna arrays              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨ we've virtually built an  antenna with a ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨§§§¨¨§          dish as large as earth.         ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§§¨§ we've learned about our position  in the ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§§§§§¨¨§§¨      solar system, our solar systems     ¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨ placement   in   the   galaxy,  and  our ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§§ galaxys placement in the local  cluster, §§§§§¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ and =our= local  clusters place  in  the ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§          grand scheme of things          ¨¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§§¨ and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨ velocity  and the suns moving around the §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§§§¨ center of  the  galaxy  at velocity  and ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨¨§§ the  galaxy is  moving toward  andromeda §§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨    and we're both moving anticlockwise   ¨§§§§§¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§ around the galaxy. and  we as  a species §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨§§¨ have learned to take all that in account §¨¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨§§¨§¨§§§¨ and  despite all  this, despite all  our §¨§§§¨§§§¨
§¨§§§§¨¨§§    (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar   §§¨¨§§¨¨§¨
§§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨ radio programmes  out in  fucking  space ¨§¨§¨§¨§§§
¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨ at  the  speed  of  light (light  is our §§§§§§§¨¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨§¨§ medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!),  ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§§§§      despite ghosts helping and the      ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨     collective consciousness lowpass     ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§§
§¨§§§§¨¨¨§   filtering, despite our very obvious    ¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨
§§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ beaming of  all  our  secrets  in  every ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§§¨§§¨          direction known to us,          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
§§¨§¨§§¨§§                                          §¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨§§§§¨§§¨¨ no   ¨   one    ¨   has    ¨    answered §§§¨§§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§§§¨             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§§¨¨¨§¨      ####¨== fermi's paradox ==¨####     §§§¨§§§§§§
§§¨¨§¨¨§§§             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨§§§¨§¨             so why is that?              §§§§¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§§ most  opponents to intelligent  life  in ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§§§¨§¨§ the universe say it's  because  you need ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨ a class  one-or-the-other  star  and the §§§§§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§ planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨ distance away from the  star (like there ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨           has to be a planet!)           ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
¨§§§§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§§§¨ but  really   isn't  that   keeping  the ¨¨¨§§§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨      definition of life really lax?      ¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨
§¨¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ i think everyone agrees  that we have no §¨§§§§§¨§¨
§§§§§§§§¨¨ idea what we're  doing (and  it probably §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                  shows)                  ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             ¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨     ####¨== fermi's paradox ==¨####      §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨========¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ i'm gonna  go smoke  my third  cigarette ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨§§§ this year and try  to snatch  some beers ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨        from the local beer thing         ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§§§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§§§§§§§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨